One step away from the tragedy of millions. CNN behind the scenes of the night that shocked the world. “Only the president knows what he will do”

Even though US President Donald Trump did not destroy the entire Iranian civilization, such threats made by the leader of the world's most powerful country raises serious constitutional questions about the American system of controlling power, CNN said on Wednesday.

According to this station With his chilling threat that “all of civilization will perish tonight and never be reborn,” Trump has crossed a line that no American president has ever dared or wanted to approach before. – and it doesn't change much to note that Trump added that “I don't want it to happen, but it probably will.”

“The comment, which initially seemed hard to believe, raised the most pressing questions yet about the temperament and judgment of 79-year-old Trump,” CNN said. She added that even if the entry only reflected his frustration with the war, “presidents' words matter,” and “merely speculating publicly about the mass killing of civilians is dangerous and inappropriate.” CNN noted that this threat raised questions both within Trump's circle and throughout the country as to whether this was acceptable behavior on the part of the leader of the most powerful superpower.

“Despite his decision not to pursue escalation, his words suggested that the president had crossed moral and behavioral boundaries that his contemporary predecessors never approached. They reflect how the United States, considered a pillar of stability for decades, is now – embodied by its president – the most unstable power in the world,” CNN said.

The station noted that the effect of this day was also to raise serious constitutional issues, best illustrated by the words of the White House spokeswoman that “only the president knows what he will do.”

“This is not how the American system of checks and balances and the separation of powers should function. For hours there was a reasonable belief that the president, who sees himself as having unlimited power, was on the verge of killing millions of foreign civilians in a war for which he had not received congressional approval; a war whose justification was unclear and full of contradictions; and in which there is no visible exit strategy,” she admitted to CNN.

The network added that the traumatic day highlighted the dangers of an unpredictable leadership style, and in the future, Trump's actions on Iran could be seen as a warning about what happens when a president appoints a compliant Cabinet while a single-party-dominated Congress abdicates its oversight responsibilities.

The US president announced on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday that he had agreed to Pakistan's proposal for a two-week ceasefire provided that Iran agreed to immediately open the Strait of Hormuz. He added that the truce would be “mutual.” According to the media, US-Iranian talks on ending the war will begin on Friday in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. (PAP)

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